Example sentences of "because [pers pn] [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , because I like little children |
| 2 | She deserved it , she 'd been tormenting me for weeks , calling me Comic Stripper because I told better jokes than she did . |
| 3 | I then broke away because I saw two fighters above on the port side . |
| 4 | If you 're here because I said certain things about you after the race , you can sod off back south right now . ’ |
| 5 | And that 's only because I had good teachers — I do n't think that I have any special superhuman gift for it . ’ |
| 6 | What I am saying most specifically is take all of me — and here of course Gary began the melody on the piano and we all smiled and then she sang , sang her song , and believe me we did all listen to the words that night , we knew that the man who had been attacked was there , and we knew that O and Boy were standing shoulder to shoulder in our midst , we saw them in the centre of the mirror , saw ourselves standing beside them and standing by them and give me a drink now because I had such hopes of a lover of my own on that evening and here I am . |
| 7 | It was a problem to get the camera set up , because I had two classes , one before the other , I had to think about putting it up there and the set up . |
| 8 | It 's not because I had Christian parents , it 's not because I 'd some advantage over you , or you had some advantage over me , it is all of God 's graciousness , it is all of God 's giving ! |
| 9 | She hates me because I am beautiful , and she is not ; because I had three husbands , and she never married . |
| 10 | Well I rang them up yesterday because I got two cheques left . |
| 11 | Because I mean little kids are seeing father christmas and decorations |
| 12 | Then why were you so mad with me because I made those arrangements ? ’ |
| 13 | It was n't that expensive , either , my childhood , because I spent seven years of it with my mum 's sister in the States . |
| 14 | I linked both books to the theme of ‘ Outsiders ’ , not because of the title but because I felt both books told the story of two lives lived on the edge of society . |
| 15 | Because I found historical films about men on horseback so moving I was pleased when my then wife , Jenni , set to writing a book about the wild west . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'd like to change because I think good actors do alter the way they look and it 's something I plan to work on for my career in the future . ’ |
| 17 | Well I 'm just putting them on clean dishes because I think these dishes |
| 18 | ‘ I would n't buy this because I think striped shirts have been overplayed — and I prefer black jeans . ’ |
| 19 | But perhaps I give that impression because I have strong views on certain subjects and because I do n't go in for the social whirl , for fast cars and fast women . ’ |
| 20 | Yes members of the jury we will resume at two o'clock , erm because I have other duties later on this afternoon we 'll have to finish at four o'clock today , it may help you to know that , it may help council to know that as well . |
| 21 | The way I look at it is that if I was scoring goals for Juventus we might be conceding more at the other end because I have other responsibilities now . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Ah , but I need to know for sure , you see , because I have some doubts , and before you ask me why I should be so concerned I will assure you that this time it is partly for my own self-esteem that I would like to know . ’ |
| 23 | I 'm afraid I have n't experimented with these overmuch , mainly because I have some cottons on cone that are not branded , lurking in the cupboard . |
| 24 | Because I have three sons , and I am buying them one each . |
| 25 | This , he explains , was ‘ partly because I used four-letter words in front of the Prime Minister . ’ |
| 26 | My name is Scruff and I am a very good dog but I 'm awfully expensive to keep because I needed two operations and I am still not fully recovered . |
| 27 | But it was because I needed other women , and I needed to be truthful about it . |
| 28 | Yes , because I believe European makers must be encouraged to provide competition and technological challenge to all Pacific Basin car companies . |
| 29 | Sometimes colleagues may read my signals wrongly ; they think that , because I wear short skirts and I 'm not afraid to let the conversation get personal , I must be looking for an affair . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm not that tall , but I know I look it , because I wear high heels — not to college , but when I go out . |